CAN YOU HELP US REACH 1,000,000 TEENS? The facts are bad. Drug use among teenagers is still on the rise. Depression, desperation and suicide among the young are symptoms of social disease that is not being healed. The authors below have written books that contain messages designed to help address the problem and they need your help to get help where help is needed.

Please take a minute or two and read the short descriptions of these works born of care. Visit the websites to get a feel for what the particular story line is messaging and pick one or two. Make a gift to teenagers, young people, even adults in your family or circle of friends this upcoming holiday season. These books are entertaining and engaging, so you'll get someone you care about to read a book ... that's one good thing. Someone who might be straying down a dangerous path also might just avert ruin ... that's an even better thing.

PLEASE PASS THIS BULLETIN ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!

AUTHORS! IF YOU HAVE A PUBLISHED BOOK THAT WILL SPECIFICALLY HELP IN THIS CAMPAIGN, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ADD YOUR BOOK TO THE LIST! WE INVITE ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET!

A MAINE CHRISTMAS CAROL - by Philip F. Harris is a holiday message to fight teen drug use. Set in contemporary Hallowell, Maine , this retelling of the Dickens classic focuses on the issues that affect today's teens including drug and alcohol abuse and teen suicide.The reviews of the book have been great. The message is ideally suited for middle and high school aged teens as well as families with teens. Give our youth a gift that not only encourages reading, but that also contains a lesson that is written in today's language that addresses today's issues.For more information, please visit the books web site at http://dickens111.tripod.com

I ROMANCED THE STONE (Memoirs of a Recovering Hippie) - by Marvin D. Wilson, is a personal journey into the horrors of falling into addiction and the dark underworld world that drugs can snare you into. It will terrify, shock and confound you as you follow the author into a world you would not want yourself or anyone you love to ever get close to. But there is a happy ending that sends a message of courage, advisement and hope as the author overcomes his demons through help from family and loved ones, and most importantly, a powerful spiritual experience. Visit www.rockofallages.com for more info. Books can be bought by e-mailing the author from that site if you want a signed copy. You can also purchase I ROMANCED THE STONE on www, amazon.com (where it is receiving 5 star ratings) at a 20% discount.

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